#5B198E#5B198E

#5B198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.177 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B198E
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 49.77, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 71.31, 314.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% 0.1003 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.177 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5434, 4.8724, 26.0236)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B198E #4C8E19

analogous

#20198E #5B198E #8E1986

triadic

#5B198E #8E5B19 #198E5B

tetradic

#5B198E #8E2019 #4C8E19 #19868E

square

#5B198E #8E2019 #4C8E19 #19868E

split-complementary

#5B198E #868E19 #198E20

monochromatic

#180726 #3A105A #5B198E #7C22C2 #9B43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#5B198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5B198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B198E

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B198E	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.177 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5fb0',
    500: '#5b198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b198e;
$custom-light: #8f5fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38801,
    "c": 0.17681,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B198E

secondary

#7ABF44

accent

#ED3B88

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B198E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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